The Abolitionst Vegan Society (TAVS) Tenets
An Animal Rights Article from All-Creatures.org
FROM
The
Abolitionst Vegan Society (TAVS)
March 2015

The TAVS Tenets are informed by both ethical and strategic
considerations:
Veganism is a Moral Obligation and the Moral Minimum
- Veganism is a moral obligation for humans and the moral minimum for
nonhuman animal advocacy.
Nonveganism is a Fundamental Injustice
- Nonveganism is a fundamental injustice because nonhuman animals are
full members of the moral community based on sentience alone.
- We, therefore, reject the promotion of nonveganism including going “veg,”
going “veggie,” a vegetarian diet, vegetarianism, “humane” animal products
and uses, backyard and cage-free eggs, free-range nonhuman animal products,
Meatless Monday, Meat Free Monday, Fur Free Friday, and any other form of
nonveganism.
Our Strategy and Our Advocacy
- Our strategy for changing the paradigm for nonhuman animals emphasizes
going vegan, educating others to go vegan, and adopting and fostering
nonhuman animals who are homeless. We adhere to this strategy to advance
toward the goals of abolishing the property status of nonhuman animals and
ending domestication both of which are inherently unjust.
- Our advocacy reflects our position that veganism is the moral minimum. Our
primary form of advocacy is vegan education which takes many forms.
- We reject single issue campaigns, including welfare reform, in nonhuman
animal advocacy.
Nonviolence is Critically Important and Our Commitment
- Nonviolence is critically important to the very success of our cause.
Our commitment to nonviolence is informed by both ethical and strategic
considerations.
A Holistic, Intersectional, Anti-oppression Approach
- We take a holistic, intersectional, anti-oppression approach from the
understanding that fundamental positive change requires the emergence of
societal systems and institutions not founded in oppression and violence.
- Oppression and its associated violence is systemic and institutionalized,
not limited to individual acts of discrimination. Therefore, individualism
cannot fundamentally remedy systemic and institutionalized oppression.
- We reject all forms of oppression and violence including but not limited
to speciesism, racism, sexism, heterosexism, cisgenderism including
trans-oppression, ableism, classism, ageism, and sizeism. We recognize the
interconnected nature of all forms of oppression and therefore support vegan
food justice work and other work to compensate for these injustices.
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